Record-filing cabiitet



' R. McCART, JR.

RECORD FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI3| 1919.

Patented Aug. 10,1920.

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WITNESSES mmrmcmr /r l TTORIIEYS R. McCART, Jn. RECORD FlLiNG CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED mums. 1919.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR g; Q g fiobmr/v clfir 4% w I v BY% A TTORNEYS andState of Texas, have invented a new and a Iris al f-ront view thereofand 1 6 p Improved Record-Filing Cabinet, of which 7 Fig-.5 1Sia sectiontaken" on' the lines B B the following is'a'full, clear, and exact deofig.3.; s scription. I, I In, he Views, v1 designates; the cabinet, I

It is a well-known fact that nof'simple; W lQhYISIprOVided with afioor2,5side walls y economical and practicalrecord cabinets are I' (n h W LI is Cabinet 5 To all whom it may concern;

' Be' it known that I, 1Ronn1rr-MoCnn'r, Jr., a citizenof theUnitedStateaandaresr dent of El Paso, in the county of :El'Paso upon themarket at the present time; The

usual filing device consists" ofa book ,con

taining hollow pages for the reception of records, which 1 books arecumbersome and Specification or LettersPatent." :p t t ApplicationfiieaM-a 13; 1919;. seriarn zsawa 7 machines as they are atpresent'constructed.

- UNITED STATESQIPATENT OFFICEV,. 1V

ROBERT M oARr, m, orr nngrAso, TEXAS Fig, 2 is a; sectional; sideelevation taken along the lines A- -A of Fig; i 1

ig.;t3 -is aside elevationalview of an'inf 1 dividual container;

may'supporta talking machineyor'may be thebase ofone, similar to theprovisionof shelves in "the lower part of cabinet talking 1 extremelyheavyto handle, .beside's necessi- Qi d7 9Qi ng P t fthe cabinetis'tating the expenditure of. time, used intlop gfe'rab'l ypartit oned ofi'f OIn lithQfrest of catingthe record desired. I thqsange y me nsofthetoppanel 3?, below My inventionaims to provide al filing 1S mountedathor zontally-extending' p cabinet whic'h at, all times willpresent:a1l p; form dwlth notches, suchas 5, for" of the records.contained therein in plain h purpose hereinafter more specificallyref-76 View and 'in such manner thatthetitlepoff ffi lffifl'toL Afurther hor zontal stripe is the same which may belpasted or otherwisePQ lOIlBCl lOQ1 WaIl ol totherearof the h ori- 1 applied to theindividual record containers, ZQI p; and has it's'longitudinalfaces may;be read without stooping. p p e tend ng ma planeoutof t eive f l fa'l. V

Further my inv'entionaims .to providea s l k ex ends through theentire80 filing device which, will Q accommodate" e g ,Of c lqlnet maybespaced records of different sizes, withinthe limits f om the floor' 2,lnd y tedfiat The usuallymanufactured, without special probl9 tlI B 'QI1 upp facean inchned visions therefor, or the necessity ofhavi'rig PO 'PO B from ;Wh1ch. extendsjrearwardlya 1 0 containers of dimensionscorresponding] to h l'l nt ljsurface 9, therearspart' of which 86 thedifierent sizes of records. jprov l W 'h0 h 0- T i d d Anotherobjectofhisinventionisto'lp'rof g j QY por lon 11 is formed on a "plane vide' afiling. device of this nature wherein lg y b es tt e h lz i fi tll'f cethe containers may be supplemented by ad- 011 grooved portmnextendrng Sgh ly J 3 di tionalcontainers; or; such containers as -e upward throughlts entire, length and formlo are already injthe file may be.remov'ed'from mg a i s; upp 4 d 31 @6812- between t I the same inthes'implest possible manner; anda' seat',1nc1ud1 nga downwardly extend'although it will vbe im ossible vfor 'anyfof I g 'p 1 f ce 1 3 i ro nthelower end of ,e such record holders to become accidentally hm l upward ynclm P01451011 14eX-f 4o displacedfrom their proper place. i t stq nwail e ck f 6 VA. further object of "my invention is'to v lndlv dl t m'sjfl fi r formed ,Q f V V provide a. filing device" in whichjallrecords a y Sill a'bl'e materlal p1e fer b yh aVyj 1 7 m be arrange inlphabetical: Sequence 7 paper stock, or compos t on, h may 7 accordingtothe title-of the-same, which' u from asmglelsh io flq s hg V 45 devicepermits this scheme to be carried out formi' nd cated such as to1nclude-a-rear1p0 Y i irrespective of the'number of records in use, 1i"!a fr m 731 n fi wfi 1 and irrespectiveofi the number oflrecords" T PPQFQg OfthG'COhttLlDBllfi are fi f j and record containers that: might beadded open, 'as lnd cated at- QOisuch upper edges to the originalcontents of thecabinet. extending parallel to; the lower ed es 1 r 50 Asillustrating inventionpl have ap- :thr'ough a l1(}61fta1Iilip0lflllqn'qff 'tllelr fiength pended hereto two sheets of drawings, in gbutbemgmovedsl ghtly, as ndicatedat 21,

which-- I j toward the base oftheconta1ner.i;Thecon-;

Fi 'ure llis a front elevationalj view of 1 h n 16f p atithe b 119.edges a cabinet including a recordffile constructed 1 xcept: for h 1' 1k h t t i6 na co'r an e w my invention; lt baiv The o t lner 'f th rprwith a notch, or cut out part 22 extending between the uppermost portionof the front end of the container to the outermost part of the upperedges 20, for the purpose herein after more particularly specified. Awooden block 24, positioned within such container, extends between thefrontwall 19 andthe lower edge thereof. Secured to'the block is a pull25 provided with a hand knob 26, which pull 25 depends from thelowermost position of the front end wall downwardly. f

A block27 provided with an opening 28 is secured to the base 18' betweenthe sidewalls 19', asindicated at 29, a rod 30 being adapted toexten dthrough such opening and the o enings of other. containers, as indicatedin Fig. 1 of the drawings. An essential featurein the form of block 27is J that 29 be-a narrow plane surface parallel to the base 18 and inwidth equal to the thickness of the container between theside walls 19'such as to provide a surface upon which adi'slrrec'ord smaller than themaximum size, that may be accommodated, may

- ner illustrated in Fig. 2, also'that' theother 15 out'of the vertical.

dimensions conform to parts 141 and 15 of block 6 as illustrated in Fig.2. As will vbe noted uponreference to Fig. 1, (rod- 30 is provided witha pointed end, as indicated at 31, and such rod is adapted to act as apivot for and'tends to, hold the container slightly 35 spaced from thebase block 6, as indicated at 32in F ig. ,2. "In this connection, it isto be noted that the surface 21 is cut on the curve, coinciding with anarc of a circle whose center isthe center of the pivot opening 28. Itwill be appreciated that too great a strain might be thrown upon thepivot blocks 27, by reason of the fact that three. or

fourcontainers might be positioned inone of the rows in the .cabinet anda slight ar wouldjplace one of such containers slightly This containerwould bear against. its next container, and alv though the weight of onecontainer would be inconsequential, five or six of such containers, allbearing one against the other would, together withzthe weight of theirhoused records, exert a; considerable side strain upon-e the outermostcontainer and, consequently, its block27. To overcome this difficulty, Ihave provided a movable partition includingarod mounting a board 34Ladapted toengage the side edges of the outermost container, the endsofsuch rod and 10; mile board 34; engagesthe sidewalls of the outermost.container, whereby any strain will be taken up by the partition in- Efidof. being. thrown upon the i t block 27-, V

p In operation,it will now be seen that the containers normally rest inthe position indicated in full lines in Flg. 2, by reason of the factthat in this position the outer door of the cabinet may be closed, andsuch container rests with its rear edge against the or withdraw one ofthe containers comwhich will project into'the rest 13 and 14.

After removal or additions to" the file have been made, the rod 30 maybeagain inserted and the pointed end'thereof'will engage the uppermostportion of the openings 28 and cause the'entire container to rideupwardly, until the pivot bl0ck27 is again spaced from the base block 6,as indicated at 32. v V g The strip8'4; may of course be entirelydispensed with. when enough containers are within the cabinet to makeitpossiblefor the outermost of the containers to engage theoppositesidewall of the cabinet, or when so few containers are thereinthat no appreciable strain would be exerted upon the outermost containereven if the other contiainers did move slightly out of the vertica Itwillbe further understood that such modifications as m'ay' seempracticable may be resorted to without departing from the scope'ofmyinvention. p Having now described the said invention, what I desire to'claim is: i

a l. A recordicabinet including a number 7 of independent containers,block'sprovided with openings secured to the lower portion of suchcontainers, a base block positioned below the container blocks, and arod pro vided with a pointed end adapted to pass through the, latterblocks and to act} as a pivot therefor, such blocks being. spaced fromthe, base block when the rod is in proper position but being, adaptedtorest upon the upper faceo-f the baseblock upon the removal of said rod.

2. A record cabinet, including a base block, the upper surface of' suchbase block having an apex and trough portion, such surface beinginclined upwardly adjacent t y a the forward edge of the block, anenvelop, a block forming a part of such envelop, and means associatedwith such block for permitting a rocking of the same, suoh blook beingadapted to be positioned above the apex in the upper surface of thebase'block,

end being adapted to project within the troughtportion of the base blockwhen the envelop is in its rearmost position, the envelop bearingagainst such forwardly" lo- 10 cated inclined surface When the envelopits forward position.

" {ROBERT mcoAnT, JR. 1

